Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-15

The British snip IftAnfA, CApta4E
CurFsy, loaded with general msrchan-
de for the Hadson Bay Company,
cleared Last week from LoBdon for Vie
toria.
The steam sachf Eauonna, belonging
to James Gordon Bennett, d New York.
passed through the Soex Canal on the
night Of January 18Th IN - hours and
81 minutes. Il had the electric lights
and being a yacht vss xtmpt from the
rule limiting the speed to Is Kilometres
an hour. This role makes is hours the
minimum tire fof ordinary vessels and
passages Of II honfs With elestric lights
are nov frequentIy made. The yacnt
arrived in Singapore last week.
InteIiiQence has been received N Ports
mouth. England. Of the supposed los
Of Q Japanass cruiser, which vas con
TeyinR two IS ton guns built in EnRlAno
for the japanese Government. She has
besn ~ days from NAgasaki- Two
Japanese, one Frenah and two British
ships were sent out 10 search Of her, but
at last accounts no adyices had been re-
ceived Of her.
An iron bark has been built By Rus
sell & Co. At Liverpool, and chE'stsned
the Drumclih. She has four iron maste
and she registers 25e1 tons, and 10 owned
by Messrs. Wilson & Chadwick, or
London.
A heavy Southeastern prevailed yestes-
day, greatly diseommoding shipping
interests and highly appreciated by the
steam tugs.
The British bark HasQuins, from
London to Victoria, was spoken Jan
uary LIST in latitude south. longitude
q Hest and reported al was we'll.
The bark Caibarien arrived IN San
Francisco on the 9Th instant. 30 days
from Henolalu, and reported exPsriesc.
ing very rough weather. Her topsan
and stsrmsail we're blown away, and her
starboard bulwarks were stove IN, De-
sides her rudder being sprung.
The schooner Orion, IN San Fran
cisco, took on board last week and
cleared for Cocks Inlet With two steam
boilers and machinery for new salmon
cannery that is being built there.
The British ship Loeb Ave, frsra As
toFia for Q0eenston, was spoken Feb
ruary 9th in longitude . west and lati-
tude south.
The Grew Of the sealing schooner
deserted her at brakes Bay
recently and she put back to San Fran
cisco last week to ship new one She
had a cargo Of $50 seslskins.
Captain Avery, Of the bark Pearl. re-
ported in San Francisco last week that
8 shoal With twelve or fifteen feet Of
water on il abou. eight miles southeast
Of the Island Salay Gomez, about 20
degrees and 81 minutes north latitude
and los degrees and Is minutes west
Work on BalloHa haFbor. near Los
Angeles, 10 progressing rapidly. The
harbor will be open to commerce on
JuIp1st.
N. @. Meyers, the Columbia river sal
non Gamer, bought the Government
launch Dispatch in San Francisco last
week for $l7O0. The launch originally
cost $500.
The bark Alden Besse, Capt. O'Brien,
has been ENGAGED to load lumber from
the Sound for Hongkong. She Is at
present discharRing general merchan-
disc from HsnRkong at the Victoria
wharf.
The British bark Viola is disoharging
naval stores at Esquimalt.
Captain Carroll came over from VIC
toris yesterday to remain few days.
Sir Richard Hargraves and Morris
Rothsehild were passengers on ire
Starr yesterday up Sound, en- route 10
the East from Victoria.
Thomas N. Strong, a prominent at
torney Of Portland, went up the Sound
yesterday, and will remain a few days
IN Seattle.
Colonel Wood went to Gray's HarboE
yesterday, to DO absent a couple OF
vet ks.
N. II. Redmond and f. B. Mervin.
merchants OF Victoria, Miss
Galley of Tacoma, and NJ. J. Davis of
New York went to Victoria yesterday
from up the Sound.
Professor and Mrs. ]. II. Vaughn, Of
Seattle, were in town yesterday, and
will proceed to Pert Ludlow this after
noon.
We are panied to learn OF the serious
illness Of Mrs. Laudss, wife Of Henry
Landes, Presidentl0f tie First National
Bank, and trust that the lady Will soon
recover.
Captain John Baker. who commanded
the ship John Rosenfield, when she vas
wrecked on SatHr a ISLAND about q year
ago, will be placed IN command OF tAe
snip Sargent. which will be brought
from New York to engage in the coal
trade between N4naimo and San Fran
cisco.
The government officials have been
Watching for some time several sealing
scho 1ners suspected Of Smuggling IN
brakes HsFbor, and it is ramored that
q seizure has been made.
The British tug Alexander will low
the ship Solitaire TO sea today, coal
laden fron Nanaimo to San Francisco,
weather permitting.
Tue steamship Wellington, Captain
L. Meyer, cleared last Friday from Ma
naimo with 1850 tons Of coal for san
Francisco.
The British bark Edinburgh Vas
towed to sea for the second time last
evening in tow of the tug
Pilot, bound to Antwerp.
The ship OaroDdelet, Captain W. n.
Ssetson, arrived Sunday morning. 132
days from Liverpool to Port Townsend,
with a cargo OF goo tons Of general
merchandise consigned to Grifhths,
Bridges a Stetson. This voyage vas II
DAYS longer than the best record from
Liverpool to this port. Captain Stet-
son is q brother 10 Captain j. II. Stet-
son Of this port.
O. W. Walker. Captain and Mrs. j. r.
Reed, accompanied by their daughter
aud Miss Z p. Kirch, arrived from up
Soand Sunday.
j. J. Hunt, II. d. Lloyd, J. NJ. Gates,
@. Q. Bartlett and Ben Miller came
down on the Anderson from Seattle.
]. @. Merrill. OF San Francisco, owner
Of the bark ID, O. Murray, which has
been libeIled for seamen's wages 20 the
amount Of $500, Is expected to arrive
today aud aEbitrate With she libeiiants.
Three pretty rough characters we're
brought over from Hadloek on Saturday
evening, answering to the names OF VIII
liam Franks, James Heald and q. K.
Belden, charged with threatening 10
burn tue usill aad rob the store and ho-
tel. After a preliminary examination
they we're Femsnded 20 the custody Of
the sheriff TO await she spirion Of the
grand jury.